For the most part, Anuya was following her sister’s suggestions to leave the newcomers alone.
For the most part.
But she couldn’t shut down her curiosity entirely. The few interactions she had only intensified her desire to learn as much as she could about as many as she could.
They were no longer confined to the area around the portal that had transported them into this land but instead had branched out and were wandering freely. A fact that bothered Anuya a little - what if they were to wander blindly into the night forest of the fae? They wouldn’t get out alive… which would be all too bad for some, such as the young filly that was playing in the water along the Key’s shore.
Anuya watched her from further down the beach, intending to approach but taking her time about it. Her long ears were flicked forward and her shining eyes watched the filly. So many of these strangers had wings! Did they need wings to travel across the land they came from? Was it nothing but islands and cliffs that stranded anyone that relied on hooves?
Very few of Anuya’s kind had wings and it had never been something that bothered the starry girl until recently - and it only bothered her now because the portal that dumped all these strangers into the Rift had stolen her ability to shapeshift and the wings her other form gave her.
Anuya wished to join in the antics of the filly but worried that her approach would cause the game to stop so she only trotted along the shore line - her hooves splashing when the waves rolled up the sand - and whinnied a cautious hello to the girl. Approximately fifty questions flashed into her head at once but a simple greeting beat them all out first. “HI! I’m Anuya!”
Floating Key
